contain

Verb

Meaning

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.

To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

control incorporate comprise curb hold carry check restrain enclose stifle hold back house include bear cover
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Antonyms

release exclude vent vend state word
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Hypernyms

include keep defend restrain be hold back

Hyponyms

bate train retain catch deny suppress

Related terms

content container containment continence containable

Phrases with the word

contain multitudes contain noble metals contain nothing to contain contain oxygen self-contain

Derivatives

contained containing

Anagrams

cantion actinon nanotic

Examples

Arrest the downward trend Source: Internet

Check the growth of communism in South East Asia Source: Internet

Contain the rebel movement Source: Internet

Turn back the tide of communism Source: Internet

The jar carries wine Source: Internet

The canteen holds fresh water Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

contagiously contagiousness contagium contain multitudes contain noble metals contain nothing